In shuffle mode next song begins before previous song has ended.

Next song begins playing before previous song has ended.

I checked them all. The last playlist that had this issue only had 24 songs so it wasn't hard to look at each individually. That's definitely not the issue.
I also had that particular playlist play all the way through in shuffle mode with no issue both before and since the last occurrence. It's the same case with shuffling many other playlists of mine both new and old (I guess that wasn't clear enough in my original post). The inconsistency of this issue is what has had me particularly vexed and why I figured it was a bug.
Again, thanks for your suggestion.

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I've heard this excuse before, that what we think is random really isn't, but when certain trends occur enough times, its pretty clear that there is some kind of algorithm or something in the coding that affects the shuffle.
I know random means random, but there are too many "random" coincidences and apparent patterns that occur to raise doubt that it truly is as random as Apple claims.
One such example, is that when using the Shuffle Songs feature (that shuffles all tracks on the iPod) I had 2-3 tracks from the same album (an album I had never even listened to yet) showing up within the first 40 tracks five times in a row. Numerous other songs showed up in at least 3 of the 5 "trials." Out of 8,000 songs.
On a playlist (of 300 or less songs is all I have tried), if you have multiple songs off the same album, you are far more likely to hear at least one other song off a given album within about 10 songs then you are to not hear a song off the same album. A specific example of this is on a playlist of 105 songs I have, there are 3 songs off one album, however nearly every time 2 of the songs will play within a 10 track range, and nearly as often all 3 songs will play within the same 20 track range.
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While playing the song, turn your phone to portrait(that's upright) and tap the cover art(or whatever may be there). A new set of controls will appear below the existing controls(back, track info, album info). Of the new controls, make sure the control on the far left is not blue. If it is, tap until it goes white. That 'loop' represents track repeat.

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Seem to have started shortly after I upgraded to versions 2.2.1

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Make sure that you don't have 'loop this track' selected (as it is in the image below - blue loop with a 1):
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When I played a song and don't play straight away another song within a minute or 2, the player ópens at thebeginning of the next song I have selected, but don't start playing. It looks like that it is froozen. I have to close Itunes and start-up again to solve the problem. If I select songs direct after the previous song has ended, then there is no problem. Does anyone know a solution to this problem??
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Have you tried letting it sit for a while and see if it finally starts the next song after a LONNNGGGGG delay?
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Whatever song is playing, it will repeat instead of going to the next song, whether is's in shuffle mode or from a playlist

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It sounds like the repeat setting has been enabled. See page 21 of your iPod's User Guide for instructions on turning it off.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPod_nano_6thgen_User_Guide.pdf
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If you do not have dupicate songs on the iPod then:
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- Unsync/delete all music and resync
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Hello apple communities, it's been a while.
So, problem, with the music app (or the particular albums/artists/songs) this time.
Longer songs are stopping before the end of the songs, it's almost like it skips, but the wierd part is this:
In the remaining time for that song, the next song starts playing.
Make sense?
No?
Well, here's an example.
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It is only the one artist it is doing this with as well. Both albums. However, they play fine on itunes, on the CD's, on the Ps3 and my mp3.
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Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
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- Restore from backup. See:
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Shuffle 4th gen cuts some songs off and goes to next song.

Shuffle 4th generation will cut some songs off and then starts next song.
Some play almost to the end and some will move on only about half way through the tune.
Seems to move on at about the same spot in the song each time.
I have removed the songs and retranfered them in itunes - that does not help.
It does this in both "shuffle" and play in order modes.
Any idea on how to fix this ?
Scott

Yes, that means that it definitely is the iPod. Go here: http://forums.ipodlounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93789/
to learn how to open the pod. and go here: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2007011900305186
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Either automatically or by allowing us to assign values to songs within playlists indicating how often we want to hear the particular song or how many times we want the song to be replayed before it is removed from the shuffle queue for a user specified amount of time.
It doesn't have to be that complicated. It would be nice to have "Play this song less often" and "Play this song more often" options.
I would really like to see what other users have to think about this.

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In random mode some songs stop playing before being finished

in random mode some songs stop playing before being finished

I've heard this excuse before, that what we think is random really isn't, but when certain trends occur enough times, its pretty clear that there is some kind of algorithm or something in the coding that affects the shuffle.
I know random means random, but there are too many "random" coincidences and apparent patterns that occur to raise doubt that it truly is as random as Apple claims.
One such example, is that when using the Shuffle Songs feature (that shuffles all tracks on the iPod) I had 2-3 tracks from the same album (an album I had never even listened to yet) showing up within the first 40 tracks five times in a row. Numerous other songs showed up in at least 3 of the 5 "trials." Out of 8,000 songs.
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I know random isn't perfectly spaced songs, but when certain things happen often enough, the odds of it become so low that even the "true random" explanation doesn't cover it.

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